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Liturgical dispute: Papal delegate arrives second time in Kochi

Papal delegate Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil arrived in Kochi on December 13, a week after Pope Francis personally intervened in the vexing liturgical dispute in the Syro-Malabar Church’s Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese. Archbishop Vasil was received at 8 am in the Kochi International Airport by a team led by Bishop Emeritus Bosco Puthur of Melbourne, the temporary […]

52 young women take first vows in northeast congregation

As many as 52 young women from various parts of India recently took first vows in the first religious congregation for women founded in northeastern India. They vowed to be poor, chaste and obedient in the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians on December 8 in the Cathedral of Mary Help […]

Christians after Kashmir ruling: ‘Now to promote development for all’

“If on the one hand I accept the Supreme Court’s verdict on Kashmir, on the other I hope that the young people who live in the region are educated to become good citizens and that ordinary people can live in peace.” These are the words of Sr. Maria Suzette, of the Congregation of the Apostolic […]

An Indian tea-seller’s love for God and his family

Chakkalakkal Varghese Joseph hardly ever gets five hours of sleep. His roadside tea shop in the southern Indian state of Kerala opens at 5.00 a.m. and closes at 10.00 p.m. Joseph is used to the hard life. As a teenager, he began working as a mason and, a few years later, became a carpenter and is now […]

More than 10,000 Indian Catholics welcome new archbishop in conflict-torn Manipur

More than 10,000 Catholics from across the state of Manipur, which in recent months has witnessed a surge in ethnic violence between Hindus and Christians, attended the Dec. 8 installation of the new archbishop of the Imphal Archdiocese, Linus Neli. The Imphal Archdiocese, comprising the entire state of Manipur, held a solemn service led by […]

Devotees remember Venerable Agnelo on his death anniversary

Devotees flocked to shrines dedi-cated to Venerable Agnelo in various places in India on his 96th death anniversary. “Venerable Agnelo is an inspi-ration for Catholics in their journey of faith,” said Cardinal Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, in his homily during the co-mmemorative Mass on November 20 […]

Telangana’s “Buffalo-Sister” to strengthen democracy

Frustrated with the pervasive and paralyzing levels of unemployment in the state of Telangana, in southern India, and with no real hope of finding an employment in the near future, Karne Sirisha, a graduate woman, chose to graze buffaloes, and thereby to support her family. At 25, she lives with her mother (who is abandoned […]

Tribal man’s Catholic faith helps him lead dignified life

Ratan Singh Masram does not remember seeing his father, who abandoned his mother a few months after he was born. His mother left him in the care of her parents. Both mother and father remarried and “practically forgot about me,” he says. Masram, a Gond tribal Catholic from central India, works hard as a day […]

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